Deng Xiaoping

News about Deng Xiaoping, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Oct. 23, 2011

Jonathan Mirsky reviews book Deng Xiaoping And The Transformation Of China by Ezra F Vogel. MORE

Oct. 22, 2011

Ezra F Vogel has written Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, biography of Mao’s vice premier, who set China on its path of reform but also authorized the use of force in Tiananmen Square in 1989 . MORE

January 30, 2015, Friday

Education Minister Yuan Guiren has laid out new rules restricting the use of Western textbooks, part of a drive to ensure that universities emphasize ideological loyalty to the Communist Party, Marxism-Leninism and the ideas of President Xi Jinping.

January 30, 2015, Friday

The release of Canadian diplomatic cables has cast new light on the military crackdown in Beijing, but one assertion in them — that top Chinese officials asked the Swiss ambassador about transferring large sums abroad — has been disputed.